Reader: Secular humanism is certainly a religion

2:28 PM,
Dec. 13, 2013

Written by

Charles Durand, Asheville

Faith in something supreme - a being - black stone - mankind - the sun or earth - is indispensable to religion. Even so, religion is more than a supreme. We must also ask what is believed - what are the morals given to the faithful by the supreme? With us is secular humanism - the non-religion religion. Non-religion only because of 60-plus years of successful legal efforts; secular in that it's faith denies a supreme; humanistic as it's morals are based on human values set by, in my opinion, a progressive elite class. Secular humanism is certainly a religion. One that has an anointed class as its ...